Stalkerware Detection
October 22, 2024
ID 240276
Some legitimate applications can be used by criminals to steal your personal data and spy on you. Most of these applications are useful, and many people benefit from using them. These applications include IRC clients, autodialers, file downloaders, system activity monitors, password management utilities, FTP, HTTP, or Telnet servers.
However, if criminals get access to these apps on your computer or manage to covertly deploy them there, they will be able to use some of the functionality to steal your personal data or commit other illegal actions.
You can read about different types of stalkerware below.
Types of stalkerware
If stalkerware protection is enabled, we will warn you of any attempts to access your location data, your messages, or other personal data.
You can enable stalkerware protection on the Threats tab of the application settings window by selecting the Stalkerware and software that can be used by intruders to damage your computer or personal data check box in the Categories of objects to detect section.